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Sofia Jusslin; Lotta Kaarla; Kaisa Korpinen; Niina Lilja – Modern Language Journal, 2024
There are calls for developing ways to teach language that can inspire and motivate students to study additional languages. While previous research has pointed toward benefits of arts-based activities in language learning, combining language and dance has mainly been studied with younger language learners. Contextualized within the course…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Intersectionality, Second Language Instruction, Swedish
Gyllstad, Henrik; Sundqvist, Pia; Sandlund, Erica; Källkvist, Marie – Language Learning, 2023
Vocabulary experts recommend first language (L1) translation equivalents for establishing form-meaning mappings for new second language (L2) words, especially for lower proficiency learners. Empirical evidence to date speaks in favor of L1 translation equivalents over L2 meaning definitions, but most studies have investigated bi- rather than…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
Cazzoli, Marcela A. – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The latest reforms to the GCSE Subject Content attempt to bring languages in line with other subject areas through a quantification of the material that needs to be learnt and a focus on the linguistic system, to the detriment of the broader communicative aims associated with 'knowing a language'. This article suggests that the reforms expose a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Inclusion, Second Languages
Anna-Maria S. Marekovic; Anna Liisa Närvänen – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2023
This study explores how school professionals manage the challenges of educating newly arrived migrant students (NAMS), with a focus on the transition from the Language Introduction Program (LIP) to a national upper secondary school program or alternative forms of education. We draw on the theoretical framework of Inhabited Institutionalism to…
Descriptors: Migrants, Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Faculty Development
Mrunal Chavda; Harsh Patel; Hetav Bhatt – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-based English textbooks and question papers in developing second-language higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). Design/methodology/approach: Descriptive analysis establishes a causal relationship between learning objectives and second language…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English (Second Language), Thinking Skills, Skill Development
Borradaile, Kelley; Martinez, Alina; Schochet, Peter – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
Adult education's mission is a critical one. It seeks to provide the large and diverse population of adults who lack basic skills, a high school credential, or English language skills with the competencies they need to be productive workers, family members, and citizens. Federally funded adult education serves learners in three types of programs:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
Borradaile, Kelley; Martinez, Alina; Schochet, Peter; Walsh, Elias; Robles, Silvia – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 directs the federal government to conduct a national assessment of adult education, including activities to understand the extent to which adult education strategies positively affect learners. A systematic review of the research on the effectiveness of particular strategies in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
Cairns, Rebecca; Weinmann, Michiko – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
For the last five decades, the development of "Asia-literate" students has been a key objective in Australian education policy. The contentions surrounding this educational goal have been well documented by academic literatures, policy documents and media commentary. This paper seeks to redress the absence of student voices in these…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Foreign Countries, Student Experience
Calafato, Raees; Gudim, Freda – Language Teaching Research, 2022
In light of the growing importance placed by states on the use of authentic materials in foreign language education programs, this study explored the literary content found in the 18 English, French, and German ministry-approved language textbooks used in upper-secondary schools in Russia. The study identified 150 literary texts, following which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Textbooks
Reagan, Timothy; Matlins, Paula E.; Pielick, C. David – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Critical pedagogy and social justice education have gained increasing attention in recent years in many subject matters, and world language education has been no exception to this trend. There are a number of works dedicated to critical pedagogy in world language education. At the same time that such concerns have gained attention, another…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Curriculum Development, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
Nkhi, Elliot Sekoai; Moqasa, Nketsi – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2023
Lesotho went through various phases of curriculum implementations and all were never fruitful until in 2009 when the new policy was adopted. The study therefore sought to investigate an extent to which the LGCSE English Language syllabus aims correlate with the secondary education aims. This study adopted a qualitative research orientation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alignment (Education), Secondary Education, Educational Policy
Bohdana Labinska; Liliya Morska; Olha Homeniuk – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
The article describes the key features of the system of foreign language teacher professional training in Bukovina in 1918 to 1940. Bukovina is an area of present-day Western Ukraine, which in the period under study belonged to Romania. The study has been carried out in the form of an analysis of the components constituting the system of foreign…
Descriptors: Educational History, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Maksud Ali, MD; Hamid, M. Obaidul; Hardy, Ian; Khan, M. Adil – Comparative Education Review, 2023
This article draws on a framework based on Bernstein's three-message systems of schooling and Ball's notion of policy cycle to examine how the human capital development goal incorporated into the Bangladesh secondary English curriculum has been translated into pedagogy and assessment practices. Data were collected from classroom observations and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Bon, Saban – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
This study aims to investigate teachers' teaching goals, perception of intercultural competence (IC), and to what extent their teaching goals and perceptions are reflected in their classroom practices for developing their students' IC. The study also aims to explore teachers' strategies and the challenges they have faced in developing their…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Kosar, Gülten – Journal of English Teaching, 2021
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching practicum has been conducted in online learning settings in Turkey, which, in return, has made pre-service English language teachers do their practicums online. The lack of research into the effect of distance teaching practicum on pre-service English language teachers' practices of giving feedback…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response)